LAWYER Andrew Page went to sign up a major deal - and got signed up for life!

He met a solicitor from another firm and ended up marrying her. Andrew was a corporate lawyer at Eversheds when he visited the offices of Chaffe Street - now Brabners Chaffe Street - in Manchester three years ago.

He was representing the National Computing Centre, which was being bought by management. Claire Shepherd, of Halliwell Landau, was representing the bank supporting the deal.

The pair hit it off, became engaged in January 2000 and were married at Rostherne Church, Cheshire, last May. Now, as they prepare to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, 33-year-old Andrew has become a corporate partner at Brabners Chaffe Street.

He has joined from Taylors, in Blackburn, to where he moved from Eversheds. Claire, meanwhile, is now a banking partner at Hammond Suddards Edge.

The couple live in Hale. Andrew said: "After the deal was signed we all went for a completion meal and while I was there, I arranged a date with Claire. Things took off from there.

"I wanted to move back to Manchester and was delighted to return to a place which holds many happy memories!" Andrew's move to Brabners Chaffe Street brings the number of corporate partners at the firm to 13.